This Week in Essays
A weekly roundup of essays we’re reading online!
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Posts Tagged: Hanif Abdurraqib
Notable Online: 5/31–6/6
Literary events taking place virtually this week!
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The Rumpus Guide to AWP 2020
A selection of AWP 2020 panels, readings, and events that we are especially excited for!
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What to Read When: A Holiday Book-Gifting Guide
Rumpus editors share their favorite books to gift to friends and family!
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Notable NYC: 11/9–11/15
Literary events in and around NYC this week!
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The Rumpus Poetry Book Club Chat with Shira Erlichman
Shira Erlichman discusses her debut poetry collection, ODES TO LITHIUM.
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Notable Chicago: 10/18–10/24
Literary events in and around Chicago this week!
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The Rumpus Poetry Book Club Chat with Hanif Abdurraqib
Hanif Abdurraqib discusses his new collection, A FORTUNE FOR YOUR DISASTER.
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What to Read When You’ve Made It More Than Halfway through 2019
Rumpus editors share forthcoming books they can’t wait to read!
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Why I Chose Hanif Abdurraqib’s A Fortune for Your Disaster for the Rumpus Poetry Book Club
What we’re reading in our Poetry Book Club next month!
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Notable NYC: 5/25–5/31
Literary events in and around NYC this week!
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Notable NYC: 5/4–5/10
Literary events in and around NYC this week!
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The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project #173: Hanif Abdurraqib
“I mostly hope that upon putting down this book, a reader crafts their own love letter to someone living.”
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What to Read When You Want to Celebrate Poetry
Rumpus editors share favorite poetry collections as we continue our celebration of National Poetry Month!
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The Rumpus Guide to AWP 2019
A selection of AWP 2019 panels, readings, and events that we are especially excited for!
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Notable Chicago: 3/8–3/14
Literary events in and around Chicago this week!
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What to Read When You Want to Celebrate Black History
Rumpus editors share for their favorite writing that speaks to black history past, present, and future.
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What to Read When 2019 Is Just Around the Corner
A list of books releasing in the first half of 2019 that we can’t wait to read!
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Blind Hunger, Black Bodies, and Radiohead’s In Rainbows
I’ve seen it coming. This is where it passes through.
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Notable Chicago: 9/7–9/13
Literary events in and around Chicago this week!
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The Rumpus’s Best of the Net 2018 nominees
We share our Best of the Net 2018 nominees!
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The Rumpus Poetry Book Club Chat with Terrance Hayes
“They are poems before sonnets.”
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The Rumpus Poetry Book Club Chat with Justin Phillip Reed
Justin Phillip Reed on his debut collection, Indecency, why he loves struggling with connotation, and the irresponsibility of American society.
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Notable Philadelphia: 5/22–5/28
Literary readings and events in and around Philadelphia this week!
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Notable NYC: 5/12–5/18
Literary events and readings in and around New York City this week!
...moreNotable Twin Cities: 4/29–5/5
Literary events and readings in and around the Twin Cities this week!
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Rumpus Original Poetry: Two Poems by Hanif Abdurraqib
If you really must know, the main difference / between fame and infamy is the number of / mornings / you wake up alone.
...moreNotable Los Angeles: 4/9–4/15
Literary events and readings in and around L.A. this week!
...moreNotable Chicago: 3/16–3/22
Literary events and readings in and around Chicago this week!
...moreNotable NYC: 3/3–3/9
Literary events and readings in and around New York City this week!
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